So Florida State and Oregon swapped places again in the latest BCS poll, fueling more debate about who is more worthy to sit behind No. 1 Alabama.

But we're all missing the point here — rather, we're missing a team and its runway walk of a month to show how pretty it can be.

Baylor, ranked No. 6 in BCS Standings released Sunday, begins November on Thursday with a home game against No. 10 Oklahoma. The rest of the month: vs. No. 22 Texas Tech (in Arlington), at No. 14 Oklahoma State, at TCU, home against Texas.

Win out — and continue to win big with a crazy-good offense — and watch the Bears jump all the way to No. 2 in the BCS poll. How, you ask? Because Baylor's resume will be as good or better than those of Oregon and FSU. Just because a team has a winning record doesn't mean it's a quality opponent; see: Arizona, Washington, Oregon State, Maryland, Florida.

For all we know, Baylor — which has played no one of significance the season's first two months — loses to the Sooners and all of this is a moot point. But if the Bears keep winning big, two things will happen:

— Quarterback Bryce Petty will be a realistic Heisman Trophy option for voters

— And the Bears will be the hot, new team for voters in that final BCS regular-season poll.

Undervalued

No. 9 Auburn. It took a while for QB Nick Marshall to get comfortable in Gus Malzahn's offense, but he is protecting the ball and the Tigers are grinding out victories by running with power and playing stout on defense. Just think, this is essentially the same team that won three games last season and got coach Gene Chizik fired.

No. 17 Michigan State. So the Spartans lose by four points on the road to Notre Dame, but are stuck in nowhereville between Fresno State and Northern Illinois. The Spartans' schedule isn't pretty, but the results, for the most part, are. Especially the results from the nation's No. 1-ranked defense.

Overvalued

No. 5 Stanford. Again, I'll remind everyone that Stanford lost to Utah. The same Utah team that has one Pac-12 victory.

But here's a bigger issue: If Stanford beats Oregon on Thursday, then what? The Cardinal already are No. 5 with a loss to Utah. Do they then jump No. 4 Ohio State because Oregon was No. 3?

No. 10 Oklahoma. Another team for which voters simply forget what happened on the field. A reeling, unranked Texas team humiliated the Sooners in October, yet OU is sitting tight in the top 10.